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Published on: 10/11/2008
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Professor Mark Strauss, who is a proponent of the "gender-inclusive" Bibles, readily acknowledges the "gender inclusiveness" of the "original" NIV.
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(Mark L. Strauss, Distorting Scripture?, The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracy, pp.37-38)
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Professor Strauss writes in Distorting Scripture:
"Almost every major version that has been prepared or revised over the last decade had adopted the extensive use of such [gender-inclusive] language". (Mark L. Strauss, Distorting Scripture?, The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracy, p. 18)
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Gender-inclusive advocate and Professor of New Testament at Bethel Theological Seminary, Mark Strauss, traces the root of the gender-inclusive movement to the feminists.
"The debate over gender-inclusive language has its roots in the women's rights movements."(Mark L. Strauss, Distorting Scripture?, The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracy, p. 16)